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Pictures of the Day for March 12, 2014

Pictures of the Day for March 12, 2014

The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan (CCTM-A) board an American Chinook helicopter, on March 12, 2014 as they leave the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MCpl Patrick Blanchard / Canadian Forces Combat Camera)

Master Corporal (MCpl) Jordan Taylor salutes as the Canadian flag is lowered at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters on March 12, 2014 as a symbol of the end of Operation ATTENTION and the twelve-year military mission in Afghanistan. MCpl Taylor is a member of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the battalion that was first deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002. (MCpl Patrick Blanchard / Canadian Forces Combat Camera)

Police forensic expert Colonel Johannes Vermeulen holds a cricket bat as he takes part in the reconstruction of the hitting of the toilet door during day 8 of the murder trial of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, March 12, 2014. Pistorius, who has been charged with the premeditated murder of his late girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, says he mistook her for a burglar. (WERNER BEUKES / POOL / EPA)

Firefighters battle a fire after a building collapse in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 (John Minchillo / AP)

Firefighters respond to a fire on 116th Street in Harlem after a building exploded in huge flames leading to the collapse of at least one building and several injuries, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (John Minchillo / AP)

People carry the coffin of Berkin Elvan, a Turkish teenager who was in a coma since being hit on the head by a tear gas canister fired by police during anti-government protests in the summer of 2013, as family members watch from a window, during his funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (Emrah Gurel / AP)

An exhausted firefighter rests on debris as they battle to extinguish a huge fire in a paint factory in Howrah, 30 km west of Calcutta, Eastern India, March 12, 2014. A major fire broke out at a factory of Shalimar Paints Limited in Howrah early morning. According to police and media reports, 25 fire engines fought for close to six hours to extinguish the blaze. (PIYAL ADHIKARY / EPA)

A staff member from Sotheby's presents the Meiyintang "Chicken Cup" from the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) during the media preview for the auction of Fine Art Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sales in Hong Kong, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The cup is expected to fetch HK$200-300 million (US$25.6-38.5 Million). (Kin Cheung / AP)

Wed., March 12, 2014

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